In the match was held in Tabriz’s Bonyan Diesel Stadium, Ali Alipour opened the scoring for the IPL leader in the 70th minute. Farshad Ahmadzadeh extended the lead three minutes later and substitute Mehdi Taremi made it 3-0 in the 76th minute.

Gostaresh Foolad sits rock bottom of the table with just a win in five weeks.

Persepolis has been boosted by the win ahead of the second leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi next week.